Provided is a technique for preventing the occurrence of damage, such as breaking of an antenna, due to bending, in an IC tag in which an IC chip is protected with a reinforcing member. An IC tag according to an aspect of the present invention is an IC tag attachable to an article, and includes an inlay including an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to the IC chip; at least one reinforcing member that is disposed on at least one face of the inlay so as to protect the IC chip; and at least one sheet-like cover member that is disposed on at least one face side of the inlay and that covers the reinforcing member. The cover member is not adhesively joined in a region around the reinforcing member and is adhesively joined to at least one of the inlay and the reinforcing member in another region.
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1. An IC tag attachable to an article, the IC tag comprising: an inlay including an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to the IC chip; at least one reinforcing member that is disposed on at least one face of the inlay so as to protect the IC chip; and at least one sheet-like cover member that is disposed on at least one face side of the inlay and that covers the reinforcing member, wherein the reinforcing member is disposed closer to the IC chip than the cover member, and wherein the cover member is not adhesively joined in a region around the reinforcing member and is adhesively joined to at least one of the inlay and the reinforcing member in another region so that an air layer is provided around side surfaces of the reinforcing member.
2. The IC tag according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is disposed so as to cover the IC chip, in order to protect the IC chip.
3. The IC tag according to claim 1 , comprising: the at least one reinforcing member comprises two reinforcing members and the at least one cover member comprises two cover members, wherein respective both faces of the IC chip are covered with the respective reinforcing members, and the respective reinforcing members are covered with the respective cover members.
4. The IC tag according to claim 3 , wherein each cover member is formed of a waterproof material and is larger than external shapes of the inlay and the reinforcing members in a plan view, and both cover members are sealed together in a region surrounding the inlay and the reinforcing members so as to form an internal space that contains the inlay and the reinforcing members.
5. The IC tag according to claim 1 , comprising: the at least one reinforcing member comprises four reinforcing members and the at least one cover member comprises four cover members, wherein two of the reinforcing members and two of the cover members are alternatingly arranged on each of both faces of the IC chip.
6. The IC tag according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is formed of a pliable sheet-like resin material.
7. An IC tag container comprising: the IC tag according to claim 1 ; and an enclosing member that is disposed on at least one face side of the inlay and that covers the inlay, the reinforcing member, and the cover member.
8. The IC tag container according to claim 7 , wherein the enclosing member is formed into a bag-like shape that contains the inlay, the reinforcing member, and the cover member.
9. The IC tag container according to claim 8 , wherein the enclosing member is formed of a waterproof material.
10. The IC tag container according to claim 7 , wherein the enclosing member is formed of a fabric impregnated with rubber.
11. The IC tag container according to claim 10 , wherein the rubber is unvulcanized.
12. A rubber product with an IC tag, comprising: the IC tag container according to claim 10 ; and an attachment target member that is at least partially formed of a rubber material and that is adhesively joined to the enclosing member of the IC tag container.
13. The rubber product with an IC tag according to claim 12 , wherein the enclosing member of the IC tag container is formed into a sheet-like shape, the inlay, the reinforcing member, and the cover member are disposed between the enclosing member and the attachment target member, and a peripheral edge of the enclosing member is adhesively joined to the rubber material of the attachment target member.
14. An IC tag attachable to an article, the IC tag comprising: an inlay including an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to the IC chip; at least one reinforcing member that is disposed on at least one face of the inlay so as to protect the IC chip; and at least one sheet-like cover member that is disposed on at least one face side of the inlay and that covers the reinforcing member, wherein the reinforcing member is disposed closer to the IC chip than the cover member, wherein the cover member is adhesively joined to at least one of the inlay and the reinforcing member such that a gap is provided around side surfaces of the reinforcing member, and the gap provided around the side surfaces of the reinforcing member between the cover member and the inlay is filled with a filling member that is softer than the cover member.
15. The IC tag according to claim 14 , wherein the filling member is foam or a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
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